World Slightly injured pope ends Colombia tour with unity appeal

04:16 11 september 2017

04:16 11 september 2017 Source:
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Though millions may turn out to welcome Pope Francis to Colombia, one group of people plan to ignore the pontiff.They go to mass and their homes are filled with devotional figurines, but for some here, this pope is just not Catholic enough.

CARTAGENA, Colombia , Sept 10 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, his eye bandaged and blackened after a minor accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia on Sunday appealing to the country to "untie the knots of violence" after a 50-year civil war. His last day in the Andean country got off to a

That had to be one of the strangest headlines I've ever seen Slightly injured Pope The Injury (Bruising), The Blood on His Cloth, Are A Bad Sign. Very Very Bad! An Indication Of Mass Injuries Or Death To Come.

A few droplets of blood stain Pope Francis' white tunic from a bruise around his left eye and eyebrow caused by an accidental hit against the popemobile's window glass while visiting the old sector of Cartagena

Faithful holds a t-shirt before Pope Francis arrives to lead a mass at the Contecar harbour in Cartagena

Pope Francis arrives for Colombia's first papal visit since 1986

Pope Francis arrived in Colombia on Wednesday for the first papal visit since 1986, the beginning of an intense, five-day trip in which he will try to bring a sharply divided nation together in the cause of peace. The pope's Alitalia jet touched down at a military base next to Bogota's El Dorado International Airport and was met by President Juan Manuel Santos, his wife, Maria Clemencia, and Msgr. Ettore Balestrero, the Vatican's representative in Bogota.

Pope Francis, his eye bandaged and blackened after a minor accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia on Sunday appealing to the country to "untie the knots of violence" after a 50-year civil war.

— Reuters pic CARTAGENA, Colombia , Sept 11 — Pope Francis, his eye bandaged after a minor accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia yesterday appealing for an end to modern forms of slavery and denouncing political violence in neighboring Venezuela.

CARTAGENA, Colombia, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, his eye bandaged and blackened after a minor accident in the popemobile, left Colombia on Sunday after appealing to the country to "untie the knots of violence" after a 50-year civil war.

His last day in the Andean country got off to a rocky start when he lost his balance and bumped his head while riding in the popemobile. He bruised his cheekbone and cut his left eyebrow, blood staining his white cassock.

The Vatican said he received ice treatment and was fine. A smiling pope continued the trip wearing a bandage over his cut. "I was punched. I'm fine," the 80-year-old pontiff joked afterward, the bruises on his face clearly visible.

At the end of the day, when he said Mass for about 500,000 people in the city's port area, the bruise had swollen and he had a black bag under his eye.

Pope comes to former Colombia war zone to preach forgiveness

Pope Francis traveled Friday to an area once besieged by leftist rebels to pray with victims of Colombia's long conflictThe highlight of his visit to the central city of Villavicencio is what the Vatican has termed a "great prayer meeting for national reconciliation." It's bound to be a deeply emotional gathering for Francis, who has made reconciliation the central theme of his five-day visit to Colombia after promising to visit the country upon the signing of last year's peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Pope Francis, his eye bandaged after a minor accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia on Sunday appealing for an end to modern forms of slavery and denouncing political violence in neighboring Venezuela.

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"If Colombia wants a stable and lasting peace, it must urgently take a step in this direction, which is that of the common good, of equity, of justice, of respect for human nature and its demands," he said in a strong voice in the homily of the Mass, accompanied by Caribbean and salsa music.

"Only if we help to untie the knots of violence, will we unravel the complex threads of disagreements," he said.

The pontiff left Colombia on an Avianca flight to Rome after watching a "cumbia" troupe perform traditional coastal singing and dancing with President Juan Manuel Santos and his wife, Maria Clemencia.

Francis used the trip to urge Colombians deeply polarized by a peace plan to shun vengeance after a bloody civil war. He also said leaders had to enact laws to end injustice and social inequality that breeds violence.

Cartagena, a top tourist destination famous for its colonial walled ramparts, was the home to Saint Peter Claver, a Spanish priest who ministered to slaves in Colombia in the 1600s, defying Spanish colonial masters who treated them as chattel.

Pope comes to former Colombia war zone to preach forgiveness

Pope Francis traveled Friday to an area once besieged by leftist rebels to pray with victims of Colombia's long conflictThe highlight of his visit to the central city of Villavicencio is what the Vatican has termed a "great prayer meeting for national reconciliation." It's bound to be a deeply emotional gathering for Francis, who has made reconciliation the central theme of his five-day visit to Colombia after promising to visit the country upon the signing of last year's peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

Pope Francis during a visit to the Sanctuary of St. Peter Claver, Cartagena, Colombia , 10 September 2017. Francis was in Cartagena on the last day of a four-city Colombian tour . Pope appeals for 'democratic solution' to Venezuela violence.

The pope used the occasion to again decry modern slavery and human trafficking and defend the rights of immigrants.

MILLIONS STILL IN SLAVERY

Human rights groups estimate that millions of people around the world are victims of human trafficking and forms of modern slavery such as forced labor and prostitution.

"Here in Colombia and in the world, millions of people are still being sold as slaves; they either beg for some expressions of humanity, moments of tenderness, or they flee by sea or land because they have lost everything, primarily their dignity and their rights," the pope said just before praying before Claver's relics.

Some 300 Afro-Colombians who receive assistance from the Jesuit religious order, of which the pope is a member, prayed with him in the church.

Francis visited the impoverished neighborhood of San Francisco and blessed the cornerstone of a shelter for at-risk Afro-Colombian girls vulnerable to child prostitution, drugs and violence.

Earlier in the day, the first Latin American pope said he was praying for the well-being of all countries on the continent but particularly Venezuela, which has been caught up in a social and economic crisis.

Colombian rebels ask Pope for forgiveness

Pope Francis touched down in Villavicencio on Friday, bringing his message of peace to one of the most notorious sites of guerrilla warfare in Colombia.It is a message the Pope has echoed throughout this five-day visit in the country, aiming to help Colombians, many of whose memories are still fresh with crimes committed against them, embrace the historic peace agreement reached in December 2016.

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"I express my closeness to all the sons and daughters of that beloved nation, as well as to all those who have found a place of welcome here in Colombia," referring to the tens of thousands of Venezuelans who have crossed the border to find food and medicine.

"From this city, known as the seat of human rights, I appeal for the rejection of all violence in political life and for a solution to the current grave crisis, which affects everyone, particularly the poorest and most disadvantaged of society," he said.

National Human Rights Day is celebrated in Colombia on Sept. 9, in honor of Claver, who died in 1654.

Venezuela has been convulsed by months of near-daily protests against leftist President Nicolas Maduro, who critics say has plunged the oil-rich country into the worst economic crisis in its history and is turning it into a dictatorship.

World bodies and foreign governments have expressed concern about the shortage of food and medicine in Venezuela and called for political dialog between Maduro and the opposition. Church leaders in Venezuela have made a series of highly critical speeches since late last year. (Additional reporting by Helen Murphy and Anastasia Moloney in Bogota; Editing by Helen Murphy and Peter Cooney)

Pope slams climate change deniers as 'stupid' .
<p>Pope Francis on Monday slammed climate change doubters as "stupid" in the wake of a spate of hurricanes that have thrashed the US, Mexico and the Caribbean.</p>"Those who deny it (climate change) should go to the scientists and ask them. They are very clear, very precise," the pontiff said Monday during a press conference on the return leg of a five-day Colombia trip.

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CARTAGENA, Colombia , Sept 10 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, his eye bandaged and blackened after a minor accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia on Sunday appealing to the country to "untie the knots of violence" after a 50-year civil war. His last day in the Andean country got off to a

That had to be one of the strangest headlines I've ever seen Slightly injured Pope The Injury (Bruising), The Blood on His Cloth, Are A Bad Sign. Very Very Bad! An Indication Of Mass Injuries Or Death To Come.

Pope Francis, his eye bandaged and blackened after a minor accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia on Sunday appealing to the country to "untie the knots of violence" after a 50-year civil war.

— Reuters pic CARTAGENA, Colombia , Sept 11 — Pope Francis, his eye bandaged after a minor accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia yesterday appealing for an end to modern forms of slavery and denouncing political violence in neighboring Venezuela.

CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Pope Francis, his eye bandaged after a minor accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia on Sunday appealing for an end to modern forms of slavery and denouncing political violence in neighboring Venezuela.

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Pope Francis during a visit to the Sanctuary of St. Peter Claver, Cartagena, Colombia , 10 September 2017. Francis was in Cartagena on the last day of a four-city Colombian tour . Pope appeals for 'democratic solution' to Venezuela violence.

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